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Since Whole Foods first became a household name, it’s been the butt of jokes — like the oft-repeated “Whole Paycheck” nickname — about the high prices it charges. Yet customers continued to come. It wasn’t until the grocery chain recently admitted to “unintentionally” overcharging on certain items that shoppers began looking elsewhere.

The company released its latest quarterly earnings report yesterday and said that while sales at established stores were up slightly, the 1.3% quarterly increase was its weakest increase since the early days of the Great Recession.